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Enrollment
492
High
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SULLIVAN WEST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360002301358
SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON
6604 STATE RT 52, LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY 12752 · (845) 932-8401 · Sullivan County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL492 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of New York public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
201 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 100 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 93 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 78 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 1% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SULLIVAN WEST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
60.5%
NY avg 58.3% . -11.4pp since 2023
Math
68.1%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.5% | 68.1% |
| 2023-24 | 71.9% | 73.6% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
65.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON
SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON's state test result (65.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON this school | 492 | 40.9% | 65.3% |
| COBLESKILL-RICHMONDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RICHMONDVILLE | 479 | 39.7% | 71.8% |
| BYRON-BERGEN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BERGEN | 444 | 42.6% | 54.3% |
| WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL WILSON | 487 | 40.0% | 50.5% |
| STISSING MOUNTAIN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PINE PLAINS | 426 | 40.6% | 65.3% |
| RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL RAVENA | 514 | 38.1% | 70.0% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Sullivan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #425 of 1,135 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #291 of 1,109 ▲ 29 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #779 of 1,135 ▼ 162 | #5 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 492 | #552 of 1,216 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #282 of 1,058 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.5% | #800 of 1,070 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.9% | #839 of 1,167 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #723 of 743 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
492
+29 (+6%) vs 2020
+19% since 2000-01, when it was 412
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 9.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 492 | 49.9 | 9.9:1 | 41% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 46.9 | 10.2:1 | 39% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 477 | 46 | 10.4:1 | 39% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 47 | 9.8:1 | 37% (171) |
| 2017-18 | 496 | 45.6 | 10.9:1 | 37% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 41 | 12.0:1 | 34% (168) |
| 2010-11 | 671 | 49 | 13.7:1 | 25% (166) |
| 2000-01 | 412 | 35 | 11.8:1 | 18% (75) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON.
About SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON
SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON is a small high school in SULLIVAN WEST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, located in LAKE HUNTINGTON, New York. Its enrollment is 492 students, spread over grades 7 through 12. High schools in New York average about 668 students, which makes this school 26% below average.
SULLIVAN WEST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is responsible for 2 schools, SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON included, with 1,045 students in all.
At SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON, 84% of students are White. The school is also 12% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. That is higher than the 70% White share among all Sullivan County residents. The diversity index for SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON is 28%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 49.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 9.9:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in New York is 11.0:1. The school reported 41% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 61% average for public schools in Sullivan County is 20 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON lands at B, ahead of 58% of New York public high schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 60.0% at SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 65.3%.
In the surrounding county, Sullivan County, median household income comes to about $72,382, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 20, with about 9,164 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Damascus Area School, is about 4.4 miles. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within ten miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON is 2nd on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Remote, or in rural territory far from an urban area.
From 463 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 492 by 2024-25.
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Sullivan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,721
Census ACS
Median income
$72,382
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
9,164 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SULLIVAN WEST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SULLIVAN WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 553 students
Nearby schools
- Damascus Area School4.4 mi · 258
- SULLIVAN WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.7 mi · 553
- ELDRED JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL12.5 mi · 214
- SULLIVAN BOCES12.8 mi · 238
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL14.5 mi · 516
- LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL14.6 mi · 578
Frequently asked questions
About SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTONHow large is SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON?
SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON enrolls approximately 492 students in grades 07-12.
Is SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON an elementary, middle, or high school?
SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON is a high school covering grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON is approximately 9.9:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON?
Student demographics at SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON are roughly 84% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON?
SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON is overseen by SULLIVAN WEST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Sullivan County.
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